Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for CCI in the last 90 days.
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Crown Castle (CCI) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$73.06−0.68 (−0.9%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:17 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryCrown Castle (CCI) closes at $73.06, down 0.9%, and sits below both its 50-day average of $75.85 and its 200-day average of $84.06, with the 50-day also below the 200-day. The stock is down 2.1% over one month, 11% over three months, 14.1% over six months, and 22.9% over the past year, trading within its 52-week range of $69.72 to $100.50. The GekkoIndex reads 65.1, placing CCI in the Accumulation zone, while Gekko Fair Value stands at $83.44, putting the current price 12.4% below that level.
This week's news centers on leadership transition and analyst attention. Crown Castle announced that CFO Sunit Patel will retire effective 31 March 2027, with Kris Hinson, current EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, set to succeed him on 1 April 2027; COO Cathy Piche will depart the company. Separately, the stock was noted as being "in focus" within the S&P 500 given its position in the infrastructure and real estate sector, and a report cited an upgrade to Buy. A dividend of $1.06 per share was announced with a 5.72% yield, alongside commentary flagging a payout ratio of 1.73 and negative growth rates in revenue, EPS, and EBITDA.
Looking ahead, the next earnings date is 21 October 2026, after close, 31 days away and outside a typical 20-trading-day hold; the prior report on 22 July 2026 beat estimates ($1.13 versus $0.95) with a -2.1% reaction. Analyst consensus among 14 firms shows 9 buy, 4 hold, and 1 sell, with a consensus target of $94.82. Seasonality over 5 years shows a -6.1% average move across the next 20 trading days, rising in 1 of those years, worth noting alongside the CFO presentation scheduled for 29 September 2026.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $73.06200-day averageGekko Fair Value $83.44
Key stats
- Market cap
- $31.93B
- P/E ratio
- 29.9
- Forward P/E
- 22.2
- EPS, TTM
- $2.47
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.16B
- Profit margin
- 20.7%
- Dividend yield
- 5.80%
- Beta
- 0.97
- Volume
- 7.10M avg 3.10M
- 1-year return
- −22.9%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.2%
- 50-day average
- $75.85
- 200-day average
- $84.06
- Next earnings
- Oct 21 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 437.0M
Crown Castle swing-trade checklist
Crown Castle scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $73.06 is below the 50-day ($75.85) and 200-day ($84.06) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
65.1, Accumulation
Reading 65.1 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
12.4% below
Price is 12.4% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 31 days
Next report Oct 21, 2026, 31 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityheadwind
−6.1% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −6.1% over 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
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Crown Castle stock chart and price history
Crown Castle closed at $73.06 on Sep 18, 2026, −22.9% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $69.72 to $100.50.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −2.1%
- 3 months
- −11.0%
- 6 months
- −14.1%
- 1 year
- −22.9%
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About Crown Castle
Crown Castle owns and runs infrastructure that keeps wireless networks running across the United States. Its holdings include more than 40,000 cellular communication towers and roughly 80,000 miles of fiber optic cable, which together support small cell installations and fiber-based services. This network reaches every major metropolitan area in the country, forming the physical backbone that carries data and wireless signals to homes and businesses.
The company generates revenue by managing, operating, and leasing this infrastructure to other parties, effectively acting as a landlord for the equipment that wireless carriers and technology providers rely on. Through these arrangements, cities and communities gain access to data services, wireless connectivity, and the communication tools that individuals and companies depend on daily.
Crown Castle trades under the ticker CCI.
- Sector
- Finance
- Website
- crowncastle.com
Crown Castle GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Crown Castle’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 65.1, in the Accumulation zone, up 5.3 points over five sessions.
65.1Accumulation
Up 5.3 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 39 | +0.8% | +0.5% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 256 | +0.1% | +0.6% | ||
| Neutral | 298 | −0.5% | −1.7% | ||
| Distribution | 22 | −1.2% | −4.8% | ||
| Selling | 0 | Not available | |||
Average CCI share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Crown Castle stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Crown Castle trades 12.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $83.44, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Crown Castle shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$83.44
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
12.4% Undervalued
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Crown Castle insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Crown Castle, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in CCI were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Crown Castle has been buying back its own shares.
- Latest authorization
- $1.00B, May 1, 2026
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $992.0M
- As a share of market cap
- 3.11%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
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Crown Castle earnings: next date and track record
Crown Castle reports on Oct 21, 2026, after the close (31 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 21, 2026
Expected after the close, 31 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.68
- Revenue estimate
- $1.01B
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.6%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 22, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Crown Castle reported solid Q2 2026 results, completed the sale of its small cell and fiber businesses (May 1), and positioned itself as a pure-play U.S. tower operator. Management raised full-year AFFO outlook modestly (by $5 million at the midpoint) and increased site rental revenue guidance by $5 million at the midpoint while keeping adjusted EBITDA guidance unchanged. The quarter included organic site rental growth (3.9% ex-Sprint/DISH cancellations), offset by $49 million of DISH terminations, $5 million of Sprint cancellations, and a $25 million decrease in noncash straight-line revenues. AFFO benefited from lower interest expense and one-time interest income from proceeds of the sale, though that interest income is not expected to recur. Management emphasized cost savings (including $15 million in cost-of-sales improvements), an active program to buy ground leases to improve margins, investments in systems and automation, improving customer cycle times, early trials in edge infrastructure/edge compute monetization, a disciplined capital allocation framework (dividend, capex, target 6.0–6.5x leverage, then buybacks), and pursuit of a $3.5 billion contractual claim in the DISH bankruptcy. Management signaled optimism on mid- to long-term growth drivers (spectrum auctions, densification, AI-driven mobile data growth), but noted near-term headwinds in services activity due to carrier leadership/strategy changes and secular reductions in services demand.
- Guidance
- - Increased full-year 2026 site rental revenue guidance by $5 million at the midpoint. - Maintained adjusted EBITDA guidance (increase in revenue and $15M cost reduction expected to be offset by $20M decrease in services contribution). - Increased full-year 2026 AFFO guidance by $5 million (reflecting a $5M decrease in interest expense and $15M cost improvements). - Expectation of ~3.4% full-year 2026 organic growth excluding Sprint cancellations and DISH terminations (and 3.9% organic growth for the quarter excluding those impacts). - Leasing guide unchanged at $60M–$70M for the year. - Expectation to expand EBITDA margins by a couple hundred basis points over the next year through ground-lease buyouts and transformation initiatives.
- Risks flagged
- - DISH bankruptcy: recovery of claim ($3.5B contractual claim) is uncertain; escrow funding ($2.4B) is contingent on AT&T/SpaceX transaction closing and distribution will depend on claimant pool and court outcomes. - Equipment ownership/abandonment issues tied to DISH are unresolved and will be litigated in bankruptcy. - Services revenue headwinds: lower services activity driven by carrier leadership/strategy changes and industry layoffs leading to slower decision-making and cancellations. - Timing risk: non-recurring interest income from proceeds and timing of debt paydown/share repurchases affect AFFO; transformation execution and margin improvements may take time. - Regulatory/spectrum timing and clearing for mid/upper bands is uncertain, affecting timing of potential demand/densification.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $1.13 est $0.95 | $1.01B est $995.1M | −2.1% |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.34 est $0.37 | $1.01B est $994.8M | +3.1% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.63 est $0.58 | $1.07B est $1.06B | −7.2% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $1.12 est $1.04 | $1.07B est $1.06B | −0.4% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $0.67 est $0.51 | $1.06B est $1.05B | +3.3% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | −$1.07 est −$0.23 | $1.06B est $1.04B | +2.5% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | −$10.97 est $0.45 | $1.65B est $1.64B | +8.3% |
| Oct 16, 2024 | $0.70 est $0.67 | $1.65B est $1.63B | −2.2% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Crown Castle stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Crown Castle is $94.82, +29.8% from the last close, from 14 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$94.82consensus 12-month target, +29.8% from the last close
Now $73.06Avg $94.82
Low $80High $120
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 14 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | Barclays | $84 | +15.0% |
| Sep 15 | Citi | — | — |
| Sep 14 | J.P. Morgan | $80 | +9.5% |
| Sep 14 | Bernstein | $96 | +31.4% |
| Aug 31 | Bernstein | $96 | +31.4% |
+0.6%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
−6.1%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.7%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Crown Castle seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Crown Castle averaged −6.1% across the last 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −3.6% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −5.1% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −6.8% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −6.1% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −7.5% | 0 of 5 |
For scale, CCI’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.2%.
Crown Castle market cap and key statistics
Crown Castle’s market cap is $31.93B, with a P/E ratio of 29.9 and revenue of $4.16B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $31.93B
- P/E ratio
- 29.9
- Forward P/E
- 22.2
- EPS, TTM
- $2.47
- Gekko Fair Value
- $83.44
Trading
- Volume
- 7.10M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 3.10M
- 52-week high
- $100.50
- 52-week low
- $69.72
- Shares outstanding
- 437.0M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.16B
- Profit margin
- 20.7%
- Return on equity
- -206.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −67.5%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.97
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.2%
- Dividend yield
- 5.80%
Crown Castle stock news this week
Coverage of Crown Castle this week reads negative: 3 positive, 6 neutral and 9 negative headlines.
- Why Is Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) in Focus Across S&P 500?Kalkine Media, Sep 18
- Crown Castle (CCI) Upgraded to Buy: Here's WhyZacks Investment Research, Sep 17
- Bank of America Corp DE Takes $348.78 Million Position in Crown Castle Inc. $CCIMarketBeat, Sep 17
- A small cell node installed by Crown Castle Fiber LLC is seen at Kansas Road and Baldwin Drive in Evansville, Indiana.Reuters Connect, Sep 16
- Crown Castle to Present at the 2026 RBC Capital Markets Global Communications Infrastructure ConferenceGlobeNewswire, Sep 15
- Crown Castle Inc's Dividend AnalysisYahoo Finance Singapore, Sep 15
Crown Castle stock FAQ
What is Crown Castle’s market cap?
Crown Castle’s market cap is $31.93B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $73.06, with 437.0M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 29.9.
What is the Crown Castle stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Crown Castle is $94.82, +29.8% from the last close. Of the 14 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 9 rate it a buy, 4 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Crown Castle stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Crown Castle is undervalued: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $73.06 is 12.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $83.44. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Crown Castle report earnings next?
Crown Castle is expected to report on Oct 21, 2026, after the market closes (31 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.68 per share on revenue of $1.01B. Crown Castle beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.6% on average across the report.
What is Crown Castle’s 52-week high and low?
Crown Castle’s 52-week high is $100.50 and its 52-week low is $69.72; it closed at $73.06 on Sep 18, 2026, −22.9% over the past year.
Is Crown Castle stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and earnings risk) and 2 as headwinds (trend and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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